Therese GIRARD

Born

30 April 1787 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

15 May 1863 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Jerome GIRARD Marguerite TREMBLAY

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Born: 30 April 1787 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jerome GIRARD

Mother: Marguerite TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Jerome GIRARD , Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephte LAVOIE

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Therese married Isaac DUCHESNE 13 February 1810 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isaac DUCHESNE was born 11 June 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Isaac was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD.

Therese GIRARD died 15 May 1863 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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Therese GIRARD married

Isaac DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 13 February 1810
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Isaac DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD

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Children of Isaac DUCHESNE and Therese GIRARD

Isaac DUCHESNE

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 June 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Flore BOLDUC 22 August 1848 Place: Québec, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1787
30 April 1787
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Therese GIRARD and Isaac DUCHESNE 13 February 1810, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Isaac DUCHESNE married 22 August 1848, Québec, Canada East to Flore BOLDUC

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Child
Isaac DUCHESNE died 23 June 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Therese was 70 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Death — 1863
15 May 1863
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
She died at the age of 76.

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